This Isn't The First College Scandal Lori Loughlin's Family Has Been Involved In (Refinery 29)
In August of 2018, Olivia Jade posted a video in which she answered fan questions. One question was about how she would balance her online career with her college aspirations. At the time of the video, Olivia Jade was about to move into a dorm at USC in Los Angeles.
“I don’t know how much of school I’m gonna attend, but I’m gonna go in and talk to my deans and everyone and hope that I can try and balance it all,” Olivia revealed in the YouTube video. "I do want the experience of like game days, partying. I don’t really care about school, as you guys all know.” (...)
Olivia Jade may not have been stoked to attend classes, but she did benefit from her student status. She posted sponsored content from Amazon Prime which focused on her freshman dorm room.
"Officially a college student! It’s been a few weeks since I moved into my dorm and I absolutely love it," Olivia Jade wrote on Instagram. "I got everything I needed from Amazon with @primestudent and had it all shipped to me in just two-days."
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[ed. Her 'brand' in tatters, parents facing criminal charges, and Wikipedia entries that'll detail the whole sordid story for the rest of their lives, this is quite a convergence of issues: social media, a dysfunctional educational system, celebrity, helicopter parenting, the 'influencer' economy, financial privilege, etc. I think the word is schadenfruede. See also: A for Effort (The Baffler).]
